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• Fidelity Title Calls Off the LandAmerica Merger (86)
  • Roger Ingalls: Thanks. If I hear of any more, I’ll pass it along.
  • Rhonda Porter: Roger, I just confirmed (minutes ago) that Countrywide/Bank of America is still not accepting LandAmerica and LandAmerica affiliates title reports. Late...
  • Roger Ingalls: Rhonda: Is any lender, other than Flagstar, reporting such a restriction? I have not heard of any.
  • Rhonda Porter: I just received this from Flagstar reinstating the ban on LandAmerica affiliated title companies: “On Wednesday 11/26/08 LandAmerica’s...
• Is the housing market performing “as expected”? (104)
  • Kary L. Krismer: I think what Bernanke was doing was trying to avoid the mistakes of Ford/Carter where the Fed clamped down on (what I consider non-existent)...
  • ARDELL: I blame Bernanke for pretty much everything. His penchant for reversing Greenspan also reversed the Country. He didn’t want to put his finger in the dike...
  • Kary L. Krismer: Bernanke will be in place possibly through Obama’s first entire term, or at least most of it (unless I’m forgetting how long he’s...
  • ARDELL: I keep thinking how lucky Obama is going to be a few years from now, if he can take the credit for things getting better. He certainly won’t get the...
• HUD Passes RESPA Reform, New GFE Coming in 2010 (47)
  • jeremy hickling: Yeah- turning over all direction of 3rd party service providers to borrowers might in many cases be like turning loose addicts in a pharmacy. They...
• Q&A with the Banker Panel at the National Auctioneers Association (2)
  • Kary L. Krismer: Sniglet, bankers might not know that. Non-judicial foreclosure is so favorable to lenders that they probably don’t even typically look at the...

• Rain City Guide: Is the housing market performing “as expected”?
• Real Central VA: Wrapping Up Tuesday’s Radio Appearance
• From Rain City Guide: Should I Buy A House Now?: Part III: Don’t Pay Off Bad Credit
• From Rain City Guide: Should I Buy A House Now?: Part II: Count All The Money You Wasted This Year
• From Rain City Guide: Should I Buy A House Now?: Part I: Should I Buy A House Now?
• Home Pricing Comments: LifeStyle Denver
• Northern Virginia Real Estate Voice: Hope Now is “Unavailable”
• Inman | Redfin Corporate Blog: Holy Guacamole! Move.com Squares Off with Redfin
• SF Peninsula Real Estate Guru: Good info on mortgage relief and modification programs
• 4realz.net: 4realz Roundtable: Effect of FDIC/Treasury Actions on Home Buyers and Real Estate Industry
• Real real estate porn: 360Digest
• Coastal Real Estate and Lifestyles: Loan Modification: The next wave?
• The Seattle Specialist: Google Maps Street View comes to Seattle, and more…
• The Hotlist: President Barack Obama
• Days on market, buying or selling: Charleston Real Estate Blog
• FHA Book: Ever Changing FHA
• A Generous People - Puyallup: Mortgage Interest Rates for Puyallup and Beyond
• Seattle Bubble — News & discussion about real estate & the housing bubble in the Seattle area.: Seattle...
• Kirkland Highlands Real Estate Buzz: Where’s The Kirkland Highlands’ Weekly Real Estate Buzz?
• The Hotlist: Foreclosures have been a theme on RCG la …